India, Aug. 8 -- Mapping India's multilingual imagination at the Delhi Book Fair Sakshi Priya

There are few places left in the world where time seems to pause - where curiosity takes precedence over urgency, and the act of reading is not a retreat but a quiet rebellion. The Delhi Book Fair 2025 is one such place. Within the cavernous expanse of Bharat Mandapam, surrounded by towering stacks of books and the low murmur of literary exchange, one enters not a market but a sanctuary. A sanctuary where words reign, and stories - printed, bound, and preserved,whisper across languages, generations, and ideologies.

Now in its 29th edition, the Delhi Book Fair has transcended its commercial foundation to become a cultural institution - one that ...